- December 9, 2024
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10:42 p.m. — 300 block of Sanchez Avenue, Ormond Beach
DUI. Police arrested a 29-year-old Daytona Beach man who was driving drunk and caused a crash that resulted in his car flipping upside down.
According to his arrest report, the man originally told officers that he had been a passenger in the car, and not the driver. He said that he and a woman (who was also in the car at the time of the crash) had been at a local restaurant and that while there, the woman began to flit with other men before asking to leave. He said that an unknown man was with them and that he had driven the car.
Where was this unknown man? Police report the unknown man alleged he had run away after the crash.
However, when police spoke with the woman, she told them that the drunk man was actually the driver and that he had been driving recklessly before the crash. She kept pleading for him to let her out of the car, and they eventually crashed. Witness testimony corroborated her story.
The man denied drinking, and refused to complete field sobriety exercises or provide a breath sample . He was taken to jail.
11:37 a.m. — Intersection of South Washington Street and West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach
Possession of drugs. A 30-year-old Daytona Beach man was arrested after police noticed his motorcycle's license plate registration's expiration date was in 2028.
The officer, knowing that plates can only be registered for two years, gave the license plate number to dispatch, who advised it was expired. He then pulled the man over, at which point the officer watched as the man discarded a plastic baggie containing white powder into a storm drain, according to the police report.
The man didn't immediately stop, appearing as if trying to flee, so once stopped, police secured him in handcuffs. The plastic baggie was located, and it tested positive for fentanyl.
Police asked him about his license plate, and the man said that it belonged to a neighbor and that he put it on his motorcycle so he could ride it. When asked about throwing the drugs into the storm drain, the man denied doing so and called the officer a liar.
He was taken to jail.